Issued: 0530hrs Tuesday 13th January 2015
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

Windy northern Europe with some rain, fair to the south

Tuesday
Strong south west winds persists across northern Europe and it also remains windy across the eastern Mediterranean. An area of heavy rain lies from The Baltic States into northern parts of Poland, Germany, France and Spain>. Most of Spain along with central and southern parts of France, Germany and Poland will be dry.
A wet and windy day to come across Belgium and Holland with a few showers across Denmark. Rain is expected for southern Sweden with outbreaks of snow expected across Norway, northern Sweden, Finland and Russia. Lots of dry weather to come across the Adriatic Region and also the Balkans.
Most of Turkey should be dry while heavy showers and rain is forecast in the eastern Mediterranean. A fine day with plenty of sunshine across Italy and the Alpine Region.

Wednesday
A fair day for most of Spain and Portugal. Cloud and showery outbreaks of rain in northwest Spain. Fair for the Mediterranean and Italy with more sunshine to come. Showers affecting the east of Greece with the risk of rain here. Further cloud and rain in Turkey.
Windy through France and the Low Countries as well as northern Germany. This brings cloud and rain here, some of it heavy. Poland stays windy and with further outbreaks of rain. Generally dry in Switzerland and Austria as well as Hungary.
Cluod and further spells of rain in Denmark, some of them heavy. Staying cloudy across the south of Sweden with more rain to come here. Cloudy and damp in the Baltic States, and then further cloud and showers in Finland. Heavy wintry showers affecting Norway.